Improvement in cant-hook



PETER SEU-LTS, OE ROCK'WOD D, NEW Y-ORK.

Leiters .Patent No. 94,038, date/Z August 24, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CANT-HOOK The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known 'that I, PETER SHULTs, of Rockwood, in the county of Fulton, and State of New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement ,in Cant- Hooks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to furnish a cauthook, for moving heavy bodies, as saw-logs, stones, 85o., which shall be adapted to more general use than cant-hooks of ordinary construction; and

It consists in the construction and arrangement-'of parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

The accompanying drawings represent a longitudinal side viewroi' the cant-hook, as when applied to use.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the lever, which is plated at the point or short end', as seen at B.

C represents the `hook proper.

The hook is connected with the lever, by means of the forked bolt D, which passes through the lever and plating B, and is fastened thereto by the nut E.

, F is a branch of the hook, which extends back, forming (when power is' applied) a second lever, for forcing the hook int-o or in contact with the Object t0 be moved.

G is a flat spring, which is attached to the main lever A by means of the bolts H and D, as secu in the drawing.

This spring G bears against the branch-lever AI?, when the hook is applied to an object, as seen in the drawing, and serves to force the pointof the hook into the wood, or to hold it to any uneven surface on a stone, while the power applied -to the main lever forces the point into or in close contact with the ob- 4 ject in a similar manner.

By this arrangementa hold may. bel obtained, by which a body of large diameter may b'e rolled and handled where the ordinary omit-hook would be eutirely useless.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iatnt- The ,cant-hook, consisting of the stock or lever A, .having the plated point B bevelled on its upper side, the hook (l, attached thereto by the bolt D and screwnut E, and provided with the arm F and upwardlyprojecting point a, the angular spring G, secured to the stock by screw-bolts H and I),"all constructed, arranged, and operated as herein shown and described,

and for the purpose specified.

v PETER SGIUJLTS.

Witnesses:

`NELSON SHAW,

THOMAS SMITH. 

